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Gaynor Edwards - Certified Trainer
On February 12, 2008
Gaynor received “Teacher of the Year” award from the Washington Federation
of Independent Schools. Gaynor has
often stated: “Everyone is a teacher, some of us just get paid for it.”
When one is paid for teaching, you take on the professional responsibility to
continuously improve and using the Gurian Institute materials puts a teacher on
path to many positive outcomes.
Her path to improvement
started after listening to an interview on National Public Radio by Diane Rehms
with Michael Gurian, she knew the information could not only improve her
teaching methods, but help parents, students and other professionals!
Within hours she found a copy of the “Wonder of Girls” and totally agreed
with the information. She read several of the Gurian publications, which lead
her to the Gurian Institute.
Driven by a relentless
passion for excellence in teaching, a commitment to educational improvements and
a demonstrated track record of teaching success, she offers hope to students
that struggle to find their place in today’s classrooms. Gaynor puts all of her talents and beliefs into a career that truly
proves to be a positive action in other’s lives.
She has a Master’s
Degree, and has certifications in Special Education, Bilingual Education,
Elementary Education and English as a Second Language and is a certified Gurian
presenter. Her twenty
years of classroom experience and lifetime of experience training dogs and
horses and her own positive track history as a wife, mother and grandmother
gives her a solid foundation to draw from. She has a wealth of knowledge to share and proven
experiences to help others.
Gaynor currently
teaches in a unique setting in Rural Eastern Washington. Her class venue is a
K–12, one-room school for a Hutterite Community where the application of the
Gurian information occurs many times each day. She also has teaching
responsibilities at
In the college and
university settings she has required as a text: “Boys and Girls Learn
Differently”. The evaluations of her classes always include how much they have
gained by reading and studying this Gurian Institute book. Several book
studies have developed from the students’ exposure to the Gurian books used in
Gaynor’s classes.
Gaynor’s lifetime of teaching experiences have been enhanced by the Gurian materials! With the knowledge of how the brain is functioning, she has seen positive changes in her students’ behavior. The knowledge she has gained using various techniques, makes her anxious to explain to others how these facts could help in their classrooms and personal lives.
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